Fire0nice228 wrote:Sens arn't as fast, you might be on to something with Juice Hugo.

Yup. The Penguins don't need as much speed in the line-up, but at the same time this team has shown me that playing with a stacked four lines is not necessarily so grand. While on paper it looks great to have Jussi Jokinen as our fourth line center, but the fourth line needs play a very specific role.

That being said, I could see him dressing as the extra forward for specific situations.

Fire0nice228 wrote:Sens arn't as fast, you might be on to something with Juice Hugo.

Yup. The Penguins don't need as much speed in the line-up, but at the same time this team has shown me that playing with a stacked four lines is not necessarily so grand. While on paper it looks great to have Jussi Jokinen as our fourth line center, but the fourth line needs play a very specific role.

That being said, I could see him dressing as the extra forward for specific situations.

The argument would be:

Morrow-Jussi-Cooke??? - Sutter - ???

JJ can use his skills with that third line; it doesn't make sense to put him out there with any of the 4th liners.

Fire0nice228 wrote:Sens arn't as fast, you might be on to something with Juice Hugo.

Yup. The Penguins don't need as much speed in the line-up, but at the same time this team has shown me that playing with a stacked four lines is not necessarily so grand. While on paper it looks great to have Jussi Jokinen as our fourth line center, but the fourth line needs play a very specific role.

That being said, I could see him dressing as the extra forward for specific situations.

The argument would be:

Morrow-Jussi-Cooke??? - Sutter - ???

JJ can use his skills with that third line; it doesn't make sense to put him out there with any of the 4th liners.

I agree. It's a tough but great dilemma to have. I really don't have an answer to it.

There has been some media chatter that the bad blood generated by the February incident in which Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke severed the Achilles tendon of Ottawa's Erik Karlsson could spill over in brawls and cheap shots, but I think each team realizes that the stakes are too high to get carried away. That said, Ottawa's physicality could wear down -- if not sideline -- Pittsburgh's key players, who all have a history of injury problems. Whatever physicality the Senators throw at them, the Pens will have to stand up to it without losing their discipline while handing out some punishment of their own